OVERVIEW Below are current and recent grants, fellowships, and residencies offered directly by the Bronx Council on the Arts. The BRIO Award (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) serves as The Bronx Council on the Art's flagship grant, honoring many talented people in the Bronx community. Please also visit the 'Other Grants and Opportunities' page to find other opportunities, financial resources, and support to realize your creative vision. Many of BCA's application processes are now online; please contact staff if you need assistance.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS

Individual Artists

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS

Individual Artists | Artist Collectives| Bronx-based Organizations

Artists for Community (AFC); Bronx-based individual artists are invited to apply for commissioning support in the amount of $2500 for the creation of a new work in a community setting. more...

Arts Fund grants up to $5,000 Bronx-based individual artists and arts organizations with an operating budget of $100,000 or below. more...

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS

Individual Artists | Artist Collectives| Bronx-based Organizations

ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE

Individual Artists

Community Arts Grants, grants up to $5,000 to Bronx-based arts & community organizations and Bronx individual artists applying through a fiscal or partnering organization. more...

Bronx Recognizes Its Own(BRIO) provides direct support to individual Bronx artists who create literary, media, visual, and performing works of art. 25 BRIO grants of $3,000 each are awarded to Bronx artists. more...

Other Opportunities

Seeing It Through is a professional development workshop series offering assistance to creative people, organizations, and those seeking cultural grants.

BCA grants are made possible through the generous support of the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the New York City Council; and the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew Cumo and the New York State Legislature.

Are you interested in making a difference in arts funding in the Bronx? Do you want 2017 to be about support for Bronx Artists and Communities?

The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) seeks artists, arts professionals, and nonprofit and community based organization leaders to serve as panelists for our 2017 grant cycle.

BCA proudly honored the recipients of our 2015 Arts Fund Grant, Community Arts Grant and Artists for Community Grant at an awards presentation on April 8th at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. The event was well-attended and gave our grantees a wonderful opportunity to rub elbows with the BCA staff and Board Members as well as networkring with each other. Kudos to all of our 2015 grantees!

Forty Arts Organizations/Artists were recognized as BCA/NYSCA 2014 Community Arts Grant (CAG) recipients for their hard work and dedication to Bronx arts. CAG is a local arts funding program supporting projects and activities that enable Bronx communities to experience and engage with the literary, media, performing and visual arts. The 2014 grantees demonstrated continuous artistic and cultural strength within their operations, programming, and mission.